Easement and Right-of-Way Services

Services

Define and register access/Use agreements

Protect your interests on a property with a legal record of rights-of-way and/or easements. Tronnes is proud to offer this and other legal land surveying services in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Get a visual plan depicting the property boundaries and right-of-way / easement boundaries, plus a legal agreement to be signed by the parties. We then register these pieces with the appropriate provincial Land Titles Registry body.

  • Access roads and shared driveways
  • Paths and walkways
  • Utilities, sewage and water lines
  • Utility corridors
  • Power lines
  • Pipelines
  • Right to park, etc

Locate existing easements and rights of way

Equip yourself for the regulatory processes and design and construction phases with current legal land information. As part of our land surveying services for commercial or residential development projects, we pull all existing easement and/or right-of-way agreements on the land from Land Titles. 

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What Sets us Apart

3D Rights-of-Way

When rights-of-way are required in high density / complex structures, we can create 3D plans depicting the boundaries

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Agreement Templates

We have all kinds of legal agreement templates, so in many cases, lawyers are not required. See FAQ below for a list

Professional Service

We take care of all the required documents, plans, and registration – making a complicated process simple for you

Client Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of easement / right-of-way agreement templates do you have on file?

  • Partial withdrawals – sometimes there is what we call a “blanket” agreement over a whole parcel (large or small) and the agreement is now being restricted to a small area (like within the confines of a right of way plan)
  • Caveats (essentially a notice of something on title) – Caveat technically means “buyer beware” which sounds a bit scary, but really means there is some sort of agreement or condition that you should be aware of beforehand.
  • Backsloping agreement – usually means there is an area that is off limits for geotechnical reasons (e.g., cannot have any structures within a certain distance from a large retaining wall)
  • Overland drainage agreement – allows overland water that has accumulated over other lots to flow over your property to some end point
  • Utility agreement – agreement for a utility provider to access/maintain their utility that runs over your land
  • Access agreement – providing access over a portion of land in favor of another landowner
  • Public access agreement – usually implemented by a municipality, they may require public access (various reasons)
  • Vehicle access agreement – may provide or limit use of vehicles or access to/from a property or from existing roadway
  • Deferred services agreement – allows a developer to perform some aspect of a development while promising to take care of another aspect of it at a future stage
  • Emergency access agreement – usually implemented by a municipality
  • Disposition of reserve – sometimes reserve land is not needed anymore, we provide a plan that shows what area will not be “labeled” as reserve anymore (typically for municipalities, not private individuals)
  • Party wall agreement – in a high density situation when multiple (2+) titles share a common wall (condo, duplex, etc.)
  • Maintenance agreement – agreement to maintain , allow access for maintenance, etc.
  • Temporary road agreement – allows creation of a temporary roadway
  • General utility (blanket) agreement – when there is no specific area (might not be known yet) where the utility is going to go, then a blanket agreement is registered, usually with the intent of doing a partial discharge in the future. Or in some cases the agreement does apply to the whole parcel.
  • Surrender of an easement – the easement is no longer required and can be taken off title (with permission)

How long does it take?

The answer to this depends on a combination of factors:

  • How complicated is the agreement?
    • We have standard, boilerplate agreements available for our clients and a lawyer is not required
    • Other times we recommend involving a lawyer
  • How quickly can you get all parties to sign?
    • This part is not in our control but can be a factor that extends the process
  • How long is the registration wait time at AB Land Titles?
    • Wait times will always vary. Since COVID, typical wait times have been longer than usual
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